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tenure
[ten′yər]
Etymology: L, tenere, to hold
1 (in a university) a faculty appointment with few limits on the number of years it may be held.
2 a permanent appointment usually awarded to a person who has advanced to the rank of associate professor and who demonstrates scholarship, community service, and teaching excellence in a specific field of study.
tenure
Academia A status granted to a person with a 'terminal' degree–eg, doctor of medicine–MD or doctor of philosophy–PhD, after a trial period, which protects him/her from summary dismissal; tenured academicians are expected to assume major duties in research, teaching and, if applicable, Pt care fostering, through their activities, the academic 'agenda' of their respective departments or institutions. See Endowed chair, Lecturer, Professor. Cf Chair.
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A) Percent of total faculty that was tenured or non-tenured [GRAPHIC OMITTED] (B) Percent of newly hired full-time tenure track and non-tenure track faculty [GRAPHIC OMITTED] SOURCE: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Off the track: Kentucky campuses roiled by decision to end tenure for ... by Bradley, Paul / Community College Week
A new analysis--The State of the Higher Education Workforce, from the American Federation of Teachers--reveals that the overall number of college faculty and instructor slots grew from 1997 to 2007, but nearly two-thirds of that growth was in positions off the tenure track.
Teacher quality and development by The Education Innovator
He took himself off the tenure track because having to publish makes him unhappy.
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